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Sep 2024
42m 34s

Review: film The Substance, Art Michael ...

Bbc Radio 4
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Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Bidisha Mamata and Ben Luke who will be offering their verdicts on body horror film The Substance staring Demi Moore, a major new Michael Craig-Martin exhibition at the Royal Academy in London and The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Nobel prize winning author Olga Tokarczuk.

Plus BBC National Short Story Award shortlisted author Ross Raisin.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet

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